Word: quelle
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...used a small pistol he had bought three days before at a sporting goods store for $120. A sporting goods store is not what the Founding Fathers envisioned when they upheld the people's right to bear arms in a "well-regulated militia." We may not be able to quell human destructive impulses, but we can do much to thwart them. Lowenstein's memory would be honored if we renewed our resolve to bring weapons of murder under the rule...
...part of, and apart from, the people of New Hampshire. Carter is running for reelection, the authors would tell us, because of his deep psychological need to "measure up and win." The man from Georgia picked up his 49 per cent by carefully managing to control his emotions and quell the steamy contradictions which threaten at any moment to split his newly-parted scalp. Carter got to the White House through his belief in God and, a la Norman Vincent Peale, by the power of positive thinking...
...throughout the country to solidify support for the royal family. Crown Prince Fahd, Deputy Prime Minister and heir presumptive to the throne, continues to handle day-to-day chores; most-although not all-observers in Riyadh believe his authority has increased as he seeks to carry out reforms to quell potential unrest. The next princes in line, National Guard Commander Abdullah and Defense Minister Sultan, seem to have buried their long-running feud in the interests of family unity...
...only one to wonder. Nearly a month after the invasion, Western intelligence officials were still perplexed about the Soviets' strategic intentions. One school speculated pessimistically that the number of Soviet troops and the size and sophistication of their weapons were far in excess of what was needed to quell an internal insurgency. Afghanistan, according to these suspicions, could be only a steppingstone on the way to further military aggression, either west into Iran or possibly south into Baluchistan. Straddling both Iran and Pakistan, this area is inhabited by fiercely independent Baluch tribesmen who have long sought autonomy from both...
Officials in Washington tended to disagree. They did not rule out the possibility if Iran were to tumble into complete chaos. In the Administration's view, however, it was considered more likely that the Soviets would pour increasing numbers of troops into Afghanistan in order to quell the rebellion as quickly as possible and set Karmal firmly in the saddle. Then, U.S. officials predict, the Kremlin would probably want to pull out as many of the troops as possible-though some tens of thousands would have to remain-and go on a propaganda offensive trumpeting the "stability" of Afghanistan...